Home security is something that often goes hand in hand with our smart homes, with a new wave of companies entering the market with a much more modern and smart [ … ]
Google Nest Hub (2nd Gen) Review: The New Way to Track Sleep?
Intro Google’s 2nd generation of it’s Nest Hub just landed boasting a few new features such as sleep tracking and gestures, a similar if not familiar design and a new [ … ]
Getting Started with Raspberry Pi 4 – Top 5 Tips
So you’re thinking about picking up a Raspberry Pi but aren’t quite sure where to start with everything else that goes with it? Today I’ll give you my 5 best [ … ]
Home Assistant vs OpenHAB – Which one is better?
Choosing a Home Automation Platform can be a really difficult decision and one that you will need to make when you begin your journey into the Home Automation world. It’s [ … ]
Building a Raspberry Pi Thermal Imaging Camera – MLX90640 guide
In today’s current global situation, thermometers and thermal cameras are more in demands probably than ever before. Here in the UK, many of the shops and restaurants have started taking [ … ]
Adding an SSD1306 OLED display to any project
Having everything connected over WiFi is great, all the information directly on your phone, tablet or laptop is incredibly powerful but sometimes you just want some information at a glance [ … ]
DIY Motorised Smart Blinds
Building your own motorised smart blinds is a really attractive idea and something I’ve been meaning to get to for quite some time – after all, some of the off [ … ]
Using ESPHome on Sonoff RF Bridge
In a previous article, I showed you how to flash Tasmota to a Sonoff RF Bridge, which allows you to receive and transmit 433MHz RF signals like the ones used [ … ]
Converting the 28BYJ-48 stepper motor for more torque!
A couple of days ago I decided to strip apart my blinds and figure out how to automate them, its something I wanted to do for a while but never [ … ]
Flashing any Smart bulb, plug or switch with Tuya-Convert
I wrote last year about over the air flashing of smart bulbs using the Tuya-convert procedure. However, back then there was no current way to bypass a firmware that Tuya [ … ]